Redknee Appoints EMEA MDRedknee Appoints EMEA MD

Redknee appoints Chris Newton-Smith managing director for the EMEA region

April 25, 2007

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TORONTO -- Redknee (AIM:RKN), a leading provider ofinnovative infrastructure software that monetizes and personalizes servicesand content for mobile operators, today announced the appointment of ChrisNewton-Smith as managing director, EMEA.

Mr. Newton-Smith brings extensive experience in sales, marketing, productmanagement and business development to Redknee, where he will be responsiblefor directing Redknee's sales and operations including business development,product delivery, and customer support in the EMEA region. Customers underRedknee's EMEA umbrella include Vodafone, O2, and MTC.

Chris Newton-Smith, managing director at Redknee, commented:"I am delighted to be at an innovative company such as Redknee and lookforward to contributing to the development of the EMEA business."

Previously, Mr. Newton-Smith was director of business development andproduct marketing, for LogicaCMG Global Telecoms (LSE:LOG; Euronext:LOG)where he led a team responsible for sales and product marketing in theApplication and Content Services (ACS) business unit. Past positions includesales management, marketing, product management, software development, andtechnology evaluation at Redknee, RIM, Encana, and UBS AG.

Lucas Skoczkowski, CEO at Redknee, said: "Our mandate is to continue to grow EMEA's business above market growthrates, as we have been able to do globally since Redknee's inception.Chris Newton-Smith has had a track record of success throughout his careerand we know that under his direction, our EMEA organization will be able tobuild upon its solid foundation of world-class mobile operator customers.The entire EMEA team is poised for a strong growth period and we expectcontinued success under Chris' proven leadership."

Redknee Inc. (Toronto TSX: RKN)

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